Author Laura Powell

The pie I have today for you includes a creamy sour cream filling topped with a simple homemade blueberry topping. I made it with a regular pie crust but a graham cracker crust would also work week for this one. The blueberry topping can be made with fresh or frozen blueberries, so even when blueberries... Read More

Up until now, I have never made homemade applesauce. I have always relied on what I could get from the store in a can or a bottle. Well, as I was planning what to make for apple week, I decided now was the time to try make my own applesauce. So when I was researching... Read More

I love berries! I’ll take them any way I can get them but fresh is always best. Berries have been on sale lately for some awesome prices. One of my local grocers had 6 oz of blueberries for 66 cents! They are also going to have 1 lb of strawberries on sale this weekend for... Read More

I love fresh berries and my local grocery store has had them on sale for amazing prices recently. Now you could serve berries just by themselves at your next summer gathering or you could serve this berry cheesecake salad. You can use any combination of fresh berries in this salad. I used strawberries, raspberries, blackberries,... Read More

Strawberries happen to be the favorite way to top waffles at our house. A lot of the time, we use fresh strawberry slices with maple syrup. Well, recently I decided to try a recipe for strawberry syrup. This is a cooked syrup that uses fresh strawberries. I have shared a strawberry sauce recipe before but... Read More

Here in Utah, we love our Jello. My favorite flavor of Jello happens to be raspberry and that is what is used to make this salad. This salad is also full of fruit! There is raspberries, bananas, and pineapple in there. Then the only way to finish of a Jello in my opinion is with... Read More

Cheesecake is a great Valentine’s dessert. However, the focus is the cheesecake and it gets topped with a few berries. I have a recipe for you today where the focus is on the berries with a little cheesecake, it’s a white chocolate cheesecake dip. This dip is divine! It is full of white chocolate flavor.... Read More

I can’t believe how close Thanksgiving is! I must say that I am super excited though, it is my favorite holiday. So to help get you ready for this magnificent day, I have new recipes planned for you this week and next week. First up is a simple fruit salad that incorporates fresh cranberries. This... Read More

Watermelon is the fruit of summer. I always look forward to summer just for the watermelon. No matter how you cut it, it’s delicious. However, as summer winds down, sometimes there can be too much of a good thing. I have been loving watermelon so much, that I start to get tired of it. This... Read More

Today I am bring you that island flavor in the form of a tropical salad, which really could also qualify as a dessert. It’s one of those creamy base salads that incorporates the flavors you would find in a pina colada, which happens to be a favorite drink of mine. There’s just something about that... Read More